Are Human-AI Relationships on the Horizon? Many of you may be familiar with the 2013 movie Her. This film features Joaquin Phoenix playing the role of a recently divorced man who falls in love with an AI-equipped technology. Fast forward a decade later and this technology seems all too possible. In fact, recent improvements to …
Man Steals Millions through Online Dating Scam; Sentenced to Prison A recent sentencing hearing in Boston federal court saw a Massachusetts man sentenced to four and a half years in prison for his role in coordinating an online dating scam that led to stealing over $8 million from hundreds of different victims. A look into …
Salus App Aims to Use Tech to Promote Child Online Safety While the world wide web provides people with many great opportunities, there are also many concerns when it comes to online safety. While there are many negative aspects of the internet that need to be addressed, one of the most critical involves the online …
Long Island Woman Searches for Love Online; Finds Scammer We often hear stories about people falling victim to online dating scams. Most people likely think it isn’t something that can happen to them. This was likely the case with a woman in Long Island recently. Unfortunately, searching for love online led her to a fraudster …
Romance Scammer Playbook Made Public When we think about online dating dangers, we typically envision romance scammers as singular individuals attempting to take advantage of someone’s trust. While this is certainly the case in some situations, most cases of internet fraud originate from romance scammer mills where dozens of people work to try to scam …
New Details of Criminal Case Show the Importance of Online Safety for Children It is safe to say that most people realize that there are people who use the internet to find victims. However, this is often something that people think will not happen to their child. A recent case out of Canada illustrates how …
Those of you who have been following me for a while know that I wrote an article about a year ago about the Google Play Store ignoring fake reviews. It can still be found here. Back then I stated that while I was 100% sure similar behavior exists on the Apple App Store as well …
Pride month is here. A time when the LGBT+ community can come together and celebrate love and acceptance. There are so many ways to recognise Pride month, from supporting LGBT+ people in your life to donating to LGBT+ charities and signing petitions and pressuring governments in queerphobic countries to encourage them to change laws and …
We live in a world full of digitized records. At some point, they’re inescapable: your bank account and hospital visits are digitized and any accounts or subscriptions will ask for personal data and then store that in a secure place online. Unfortunately, ‘secure’ doesn’t always mean reliable. For example, Gary McKinnon hacked into US military …
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed virtually everything about society. As the end of the pandemic appears to be on the horizon, many people are wanting to get back to normal in some form or fashion. Dating apps are helping the process of attaining normality with campaigns to help promote vaccinations. The governments of both …